Tuesday, September 06, 2016

13 Countries in 1 Year

I have lots of stories to share about our recent cruise visiting the Baltic capitals of Europe. I still can't get over the fact that I was actually in Russia. IN RUSSIA. It's going to take some time for that to sink in completely.

On one of our last nights on the trip, Kevin asked me how many countries I (and by some extent, he as well) have been in over the past year. And the number is impressive when I consider that for the first 49 years of my life, I'd only been in the US, Canada, and Mexico - which is still two more countries than most Americans ever visit. But over the last 11 months, I've added 13 countries to that original list of 3:

Germany

Czech Republic

Austria

Luxembourg

Brussels

France

England

Ireland

Denmark

Estonia

Russia

Finland

Sweden

So for someone whose first overseas trip was less than a year ago, this list is pretty impressive. And by my side through is all has been my favorite traveling partner who continues to push me a little further than I think I can go because he knows I can. And to that I say,